CVE catalog
CVE-2016-8685
potrace: CVE-2016-8685
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.39% · Oct 25, 2026
The findnext function in decompose.c in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and crash) via a crafted BMP image.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | potrace | sid | 1.16-2 | fixed |
| Debian | potrace | forky | 1.16-2 | fixed |
| Debian | potrace | trixie | 1.16-2 | fixed |
| Debian | potrace | bookworm | 1.16-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | potrace | 16.04 | 1.12-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | potrace | 16.04 | 1.13-2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | potrace | source | sid | 1.13-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [843861] |
| Debian | potrace | source | forky | 1.13-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [843861] |
| Debian | potrace | source | trixie | 1.13-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [843861] |
| Debian | potrace | source | bookworm | 1.13-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [843861] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libpotrace0]Fixed
Source package: [potrace]
Details (2)
1.16-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · bookworm; dsa · potrace · debian · 12
1.16-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · bookworm; dsa · potrace · debian · 12
- [libpotrace-dev]Fixed
Source package: [potrace]
Details (2)
1.16-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · bookworm; dsa · potrace · debian · 12
1.16-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · bookworm; dsa · potrace · debian · 12
- [potrace]Fixed
Details (2)
1.16-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · bookworm; dsa · potrace · debian · 12
1.16-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · bookworm; dsa · potrace · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libpotrace0]Fixed
Source package: [potrace]
Details (2)
1.16-2+b2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · 13
1.16-2+b2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · 13
- [libpotrace-dev]Fixed
Source package: [potrace]
Details (2)
1.16-2+b2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · 13
1.16-2+b2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · 13
- [potrace]Fixed
Source package: [potrace]
Details (2)
1.16-2+b2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · 13
1.16-2+b2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.13-3dsa · potrace · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_11189-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8685]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-889-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8685]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8685]
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